Built using open standards to enable rapid integration with PKI and FIDO services.

Our Story

The QX.509 Authenticator is the by-product of the “Mobile Authentication Interoperability for Digital Certificates” (X.509) project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate. It addresses the challenge of securely and authoritatively authenticating users on mobile devices.

The objective of the project was focused on using a strongly vetted x.509 certificate on mobile devices for enterprise server authentication via the FIDO protocols.

Now, with the QX.509 Authenticator, an x.509 Digital Certificate compliant with DPC specifications, can be used with no further development work on the part of the Credential issuer, with any existing FIDO compliant relying parties for authentication.

In simplest terms, it provides the identity assurance of the PIV world and strong token assurance delivered through FIDO protocols, while meeting government standards:

FIPS 140-2 (cryptographic modules) - Certified Keystore

NIST 800-63-3 (Digital identity) - AAL3, SFA

NIST 800-157 (PIV Guidelines)

NIST 800-57 (Key management)

This effort, a part of the " The Mobile Authentication Interoperability for Digital Certificates (MAIDC) " project, has been funded in part by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate under contract # D15PC00001. The content of this website does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the U.S. Government and no official endorsement should be inferred.